Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lepô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“lip”).[1][2]

Noun

*lepô m

  1. lip

Inflection

Declension of *lepô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *lepô *lepaniz
vocative *lepô *lepaniz
accusative *lepanų *lepanunz
genitive *lipiniz *lepanǫ̂
dative *lipini *lepammaz
instrumental *lipinē *lepammiz

Descendants

  • ⇒? Proto-West Germanic: *lippjō (alternatively derived from Proto-West Germanic *lep < Proto-Germanic *lepaz)
  • Old Norse: *lepi
    • Norwegian: lepe
    • >? Norwegian Bokmål: leppe (possibly native, or rather borrowed from Middle Low German)
    • >? Norwegian Nynorsk: leppe (possibly native, or rather borrowed from Middle Low German)
    • Old Swedish: læpi, lepe
      • Swedish: läpe (dialectal)
    • ⇒? Old Swedish: læpper (< *lipn-, *lepn- ?; alternatively from Old Norse *lepr < Proto-Germanic *lepaz)
    • >? Old Swedish: lippa, lyppa, lippe (< *lipn-, *lepn- ?)
    • Old Danish: læpæ

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*lep(j)ōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 241
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*lepjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 331
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